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H. T. SCHIFF Nov. 14, 1933.

LIGHTER` Filed May 27, 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet l ...5. x WU\L Nov. 14, 1933. H, T. SCHIFF 1,935,486

LIGHTER Filed-May 27,1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Nov. 14, 1933 UNITED STATESv PATENT OFFICE 1,935,486 msnm 'Henry T. Schilf, Chicago, Ill. Application May 21, 1933; Serial No.' 673,180 iz claims. (Gis1- 4.1)

cerium is forced by a spring and the wheel is provided with a toothed or serrated periphery to produce the spark. and also providing a surface.

to be engaged by the linger ofthe operator for rotating the wheel.

` It is one of the objects of the present invention to produce an improved lighter of this character in which the wheel and the spring element are dispensed with, and to provide an improved lighter in which the steel element is in the nature of a match or element carrying a wick or material which absorbs or holds the fuel iluid,

and which element is insertable into and remova able from the lighter, the end of which is adapted to be drawn across the cerium iron to produce the spark to cause the ame which is sustained by the fuel soaked wick or material. The body of the lighter contains an absorbent material against which the wick or flame sustaining material on the match or removable element is adapted to contact so as to-be saturated with the fuel to be ignited when the element is again drawn across the cerium iron.

A further object isl to provide an improved construction of match or element v of a sectional construction, the active end of which is held against rotation while the body portion of the element is advanced or secured in position in the lighter or withdrawn therefrom so as to prevent injury or the withdrawing of the absorbent material within the lighter body, by the insertion or removal of the match element.

To the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of other new and useful objects as will appear, the invention consists in the features of novelty in substantially the construction,

combination and arrangement of the several4 parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings illustrating this invention and in which Figure l is an elevation of a device of this character constructed in accordance with the v principles of this invention.

Figure 2 is a right hand end elevation of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a detail sectional view taken on line 6-6 Figure 3.

Figure 7 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 7 7, Figure 3.V Y

Figure 8 is a detail perspective view of the filling or absorbent material within the lighter body.

Figure 9 is a view partly in side elevation and `partly in section of another form of the invention.

ures l to 8, the numeral 10 designates generally a body portion of any desired size and configuration provided on one side with an open groove l2 in which isarranged a strip of ierro-cerium iron 13 secured in position in any desired or suitable manner.

The body is closed and one of the vend walls is provided withan opening having a cast portion 14 therearound to form a wall 15 of substantial thickness so that threads 16 may be provided therein to encompass the opening in the wall of the body,

Arranged within the body is a padll constructed of any suitable absorbent material, such as felt, cotton or the like, and this pad is of a` general conguration to conform to and iit within the body 10 to substantially ll the body. In one edge of the pad is a cut away portion 18 preferably of triangular configuration and into which portion 18 the casting 14 extends so that the cut away portion 18 will be in alinement and register with the opening in the end wall of the body 10.

The numeral 19 designates a bar or member oi any desired size and conguration and constructed of any suitable material, preferably tubular for the sake of lightness. Within one endl ofthe member 19 is inserted one end of a solid member 20 being heldin position in any suitable manner, and this member 20 is provided with a circumferential flange 21 of a diameter considerably greater than the external diameter of the member 19. The upper extremity of the member 20 ispreferably reduced as at 22, and the .member is provided with an open circumferential groove 23 extending therearound.

.An element 24 preferably constructed of steel, is inserted into an opening 25 in the end of the element 20 and the free extremity of the element 24 is preferably tapered 'as at 26 and is provided with a head 27 of a diameter appreciably greater than the external diameter of the portion of. the tapered end of the element 24 which is in proximity to the member so as to provide the circumferentially projecting ilange encompassing the member.

A sleeve 28 encompasses theend of the memvso ber 20`as well as the element 24 and terminates a distance considerably short of the extremity 27 of the element 24. The internal diameter of the sleeve 28 is considerably greater than the external diameter of the element 24 and encompassing the element 24 and lling the sleeve 28 and the element 24 is an absorbent material such as asbestos or any other suitable material which absorbs fuel and will operate to sustain a ame at the end of the sleeve 28 when the fuel is ignited.

The free extremity of the sleeve 28 preferably terminates short of the free extremity of the element 29 so as to provide a portion 30 beyond the end of the sleeve 28 for supporting combustion. The sleeve 28 is held in position so as to rotate with respect to the member 20 in any desired or suitable manner, such as by deflecting a portion 31 of the sleeve 28 into the recess 23. The free end of the sleeve 28 is preferably ,provided with spaced fingers or portions 32 which are adapted to be slightly deflected so as to hold the element 30 against accidental displacement with respect to the element 24 and the sleeve 28. The member 20 is provided with external threads 33.

With this construction it will be manifest that the sleeve 28 is adapted to rotate freely with respect to the member 20, so that in use when the extremity of the element 24 and thesleeve 28 is inserted into the body 10 of the lighter through the opening in the end wall, the threads 33 will engage the threads 16 in such opening and the element 19 will be connected to the body 10. By rotating the element 19 with respect to the body 10 the threads 16 will feed the end of the element into the opening 18 in the pad or the filler material i7, and when the walls of the opening 18 contact with any portion of the sleeve 28, the sleeve will be held against rotation while the body of the element 19 may be rotated, thereby insuring the non-rotation of the sleeve 28, so that the sleeve 28 and the element 24 may be advanced by the member 19 while the latter is rotated and while the sleeve 28 and member 26 are held against rotation. The sleeve 28 will be advanced sumciently so as to cause the extremity of the material 30 to contact with the walls of the opening 18 so that the material 30 will be kept moist with the fuel uid from the pad or aller 17. construction also insures that the material 17 will not be injured by the rotation of the element 24 of -the sleeve 28, and likewise no part of the material 17 will be withdrawn' when the element 19 is detached from the body portion 10.

Any suitable means, such as a loop or eye 34 I may be connected to the body of the lighter and to which loop or eye is connected a chain or suspension device 35, by means of which the device may be hung from any suitable support.

In the form of the invention shown in Figure 9, the element 19 is dispensed with, and in lieu thereof there is provided a' handle 36 preferably provided with a milled circumference 37 in the form of a knob or button7 which adapts the device to be more readily carried in the pocket.

In this form of the invention there is also shown a means whereby the device may be re= movably mounted upon a support 38 such as a Window or the like, and there is provided a cup shaped member 39 secured by means of a fastening device 40 to the body portion 10. A cap 41 provided with radially arranged ngers 42 may be secured in position, preferably by ineensof the same fastening device 40, and these lngers serve asa means for protecting the cup 39 and tofacilitate in the fastening of the cup 39 to the The ame may be extinguished when desired` in any suitable manner, and the end of the flame supporting element again inserted into the body so that there will be a suflicient supply of fuel to again support a flame when a spark is produced by friction between the spark producing elements.

While the preferred forms of the invention have been herein shown andA described, it is to be understood that variousnhanges may be made in the 4details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, within the scope of the claims, without departing from the spirit of this invention.

What is claimed as new is:- l l. A lighter of the character described com prising a fuel reservoir, a pad within the reservoir, there being an opening through one wall of the reservoir, a sectional spark producing element, one of which is freely rotatable axially with respect to the other, one of said sections serving as a handle, one end of said element being insertable into the reservoir through said opening, and means for effecting a securing of the element against removal from the reservoir, one of said sections being held in contact with said pad and held against rotation thereby while the other section is being rotated to effect a securing and a disconnecting of the element with respect to the reservoir.

2. A lighter of the character described comprising a fuel reservoir, a pad within the reservoir, there being an opening through one wall of the reservoir, a sectional spark producing element, one of which is freely rotatable axially with respect to the other, one of said sections serving as a handle, one end of said element being insertable into lthe reservoir through said i opening, and means for eiecting a securing of the element against removal from the reservoiry a wick carried by the end of one section, said wick being held in contact with said pad and held with the section supporting the same, against held when one end of one of the sections is inserted into the reservoir through said opening, and interengaging meansV between the other section and the wall of said opening for securing the element to the reservoir, the rst said section being held against rotation by the pad while the other section is being rotated to eect a securing of the element to the reservoir and a separation 'therefrom and while the rst said section is being longitudinally movedlIl() 4. A lighter ot the character described embody--` ing a spark producing element comprising two sections arranged end to end and axially rotatable one with respect to the other, a wick carried adjacent the end of one of said sections, a closed reservoir having an opening through one wall, a fuel absorbing pad in the reservoir and against which pad the wick is adapted -to be held when one end of one of the sections is inserted into the reservoir through s aid opening, and interengaging means between the other section and the wall of said opening for securing the element to the reservoir, the first said section being held against rotation by the pad while the othersection is being rotated to effect a securing of the element to the reservoir and a separation therefrom and while the iirst said section is being longitudinally moved, the extremity of said element projecting beyond the Wick for a substantial distance, said extremity being shaped t'o form a comparatively narrow and laterally projecting circumferential flange.

5. A lighter of the character described embodying a fuel reservoir, an absorbent pad therein, a spari` producing element projectable into the reservoir to cause one end thereof to contact with the pad, and mans for securing'the nelement to the reservoir by an axialrotation of the element, the said pad maintaining against rotation, the end of the said element which contacts with the pad, during the said axial rotation of the element.

6. A lighter of the character described embodying a fuel reservoir, an absorbent pad therein, a spark producing element, a wick carried adjacent one end ci the' element, said element and wick being insertable into the reservoir to cause the wick to contact with the pad, and means for securing the element to the reservoir by an axial rotation of the element, the said pad maintaining the wick and the adjacent end of the element against rotation, during the axial rotation of the said element.

7. A lighter of the character described embodying a fuel reservoir, an absorbent pad therein, a spark producing element projectable into the reservoir to cause one end thereof to contact with the pad, means for securing the element to the reservoir by an axial rotation of the element, the said pad maintaining against rotation, the end of the said' element which contacts with the pad,-

during the said axial rotation of the element, and a second spark producing element carried by the outside of the reservoir and with which second element the first said element is adapted to cooperate to frictionally produce a spark.

8. A lighter of the character described embodying a fuel reservoir, an absorbent pad therein, a spark producing element, 4a wick carried adjacent one end of the element, said element and wick being insertable into the reservoir to cause the wick to contact with the pad, means for securing carried by the outside of the reservoir and with which second element the rst said 'element is adapted to co-operate to frictionally produce' a spark.

9. A lighter of the character described embodying a fuel reservoir, an absorbent pad therein, a spark producing element projectable into the reservoir to cause one end thereof to contact with the pad, means for securing the element to the reservoir by an axial rotation of the element, the

said pad maintaining against rotation, the end of the said element which contacts with the pad, during the said axial rotation of the element, and means for securing the said reservoir to a support.

10. A device of the character described embodying a lighter element comprising two sections connected together for -relativel axial. rotation, a spark producing element connected to and projecting beyond the end of one 'of said sections,

a wick carried by the other of said sections, a V

'ing longitudinally moved by the rotation of said other section.

il. A device of the character described embodying a lighter element comprising two sections connected together for relative axial Arotation, a spark producing element connected to and. projecting beyond the end of one of said Y sections, a wick carried by the other oi said seetions, a reservoir having an opening through one wall and through which opening the nrst said ion section is insertable into the reservoir, interengaging threads between the other of said sections and the wall of said opening for securing the said element to the reservoir, a pad in the reservoir adapted to be engaged by said Wick andthe adjacent end of the wick supporting section, said pad serving to frictionally hold the wick and said element against rotation while they are being longitudinally moved by the rotation of said other section, and a second spark producing element with which the rst recited spark producing element is adapted to co-operate to frictionaliy produce a spark.

12. A device of the .character described embodying a lighter element comprising two sections connected together for relative axial rotawall and through which opening the first said section is insertable into the reservoir, interengaging threads between the other of said sections and the wall of said opening for securing the said element to the reservoir, a pad in the reservoir adapted to be engaged bysaid Wick and the adjacent end of the wick supporting section, said pad serving to frictionally hold the wick and said element against rotation while they are being longitudinally moved by the rotation of said other section, and means for supporting said reservoir.

HENRY T. SCHIFF. 

